It's a case law episode for this Bite, which you can listen to right here.

First, R v Bondzie. Ever wondered why the Crown has taken to serving a statement that just tells you that drug dealing is bad? Here's why they do it; what effect it could have on sentence; what they need to do to give it an effect and why their efforts to date have been generally pointless and probably damaging to their own aims.

Then two quickies: R v Bala, which upholds marriage in all its forms and R v Hussain, in which the Court of Appeal confirms that you can't second-guess a jury.

The Law Commission has reported on its sentencing code project. If you want to read more you can do so here.

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